Creel.



H. G. KIMBALL.

bREEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. 1910.

Patented* May 2, 1916.

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HARRY G. KIIVIBALL, 0F BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 WHITIN MACHINE WORKS, 0F WHITINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, .A CORPORATION OF MASSACI-IU CREEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented nay s, raie.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, Hanni Gr. KIMBALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bronxville, estchester county, New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Creels, described in the following full, true, and concise specification.

rlhis invention is an improvement in creels of spinning, twisting and like machines, and its object is to promote the facility with which the loaded skewers may be installed or mounted therein and improve the bearings by which the tops of the skewers are held in upright position.

The invention more particularly concerns the construction of metallic or sheet metal creels and the mounting of skewer steps therein, and involves certain novel constructions and combinations whereby the above stated objects and other objects hereinafter described are rendered available..

In the drawings forming part hereof, Figure l is a vertical transverse section of a known form of spinning frame creel embodying features of this invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of one of the skewers as supported in the said creel showing the top and bottom supporting means thereof; Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of the step mounting of Fig. 2.

The two-story creel taken for illustration of the invention and shown in Fig. l, is comprised of three creel-boards, the lower of which, marked l, is appropriately secured to the frame of the machine and in substantially the plane of the roller-beams 2. The middle creel-board, marked 3, is supported by upright postssuch as indicated at 4:, upon which it is vertically adjustable, there being sevei'al of these supporting posts placed at appropriate intervals along the length of the machine, as will be well understood. The uppermost creel-board, marked 5, is also adjustably carried on the upper portions of the aforesaid posts, and such creel-board is conveniently formed with upturned side margins to constitute a trough or receptacle.

Figs. 2 and 3 show the preferred form of this invention. It will be seen that the uppermost metallic plate member 3 is pressed or embossed upwardly, as indicated at 6, and centrally perforated with a hole suflicient to accommodate the skewer step 7, which is held therein with its top just visible above the edge of the metal. The slope of the marginal portions of the hole in the upper plate is preferably gradual, both for convenience in manufacturing as well as to avoid corners likely to catch and retain dirt. The step 7 is supported within the upstanding portion of the upper plate member 3, by its engagement with the lower plate member 9, which thus supports it at a definite elevation and also permits its ready removal when required.

As shown by Fig. l, the upper plate member 3 may be the creel plate itself, which has a substantially fiat upper surface save for the 4projections 6 thereon,\and the lower plate member 9 may be the lower sheet of the double plate creel there illustrated. In this case the creel may be made in one piece folded on longitudinal lines so as to produce side edges, as indicated at 8, but it will be understood that the upper and lower members 3 and 9 may be formed as separate parts, the one secured to the other in any suitable manner. The lower plate member of whatever form selected is desirably provided with an aperture such as indicated at l0 in Fig. 2 and through which a pointed instrument can be thrust t0 eject the step. The latter may be cemented in pla-ce or held by friction in any suitable way and projects upwardly above the surrounding creel surface.

The means for holding the top of the skewer, as shown in Fig. 2, is formed by a hole punched in the plate member so as to produce downwardly bent or drawn margins l1, and the said plate member may be the lower section 9 of the double plate creel shown in Fig. 1. The tubular extension 11 being slightly iiared and also smoothed, forms an adequate and inexpensive support for the skewer top and may be made of suitably small diameter in view of the individually elevated positions of the skewer step, as already explained.

As a matter of protection against the dropping of dirt on the bobbin, the skewer top hole 11 is covered by an upper plate which may be the upper plate of the double plate creel shown in Fig. 1. This plate may be dented or bossed upwardly, as shown at l2, to provide an interior chamber of suitable vertical dimension to accommodate slight variations in the length of the skewers.

I claim:

l. A creel for spinning or twisting machines, comprising one or more metallic creel-boards having upwardly embossed step-receiving perforations and skewer steps mounted in said perforations.

2. In a creel, a sheet-metal creel-board or rail having a generally flat upper surface, and porcelain skewer steps mounted in elevated positions thereon, the portions surrounding said steps having downwardly and outwardly sloped sides.

3. The combination in a metallic creel of a two-part skewer-step mounting having an upper plate member formed with an upwardly projecting perforation and containing a skewer step, and a lower plate forming the seat for said skewer step.

4:. The combination in a creel, of a sheetmetalcreel plate provided with a step-holding socket formed by the upwardly turned margin of a perforation in said plate and a skewer step in said socket.

5. The combination in a creel, of a metallic creel-plate provided with a perforation therein having an upwardly extended marginal or rim portion, a slrewer-step within said rim portion and means providing a positive support for a skewer-step placed therein.

6. The combination in a creel, of a doubleplate metallic creel-board, the upper plate having `a perforation adapted to receive a skewer-step and the lower plate having an ejector hole of less diameter than the skewei step and providing access to the step placed in said perforation.

7. The combination in a creel, of a sheet metal creel comprising superposed creelplate members, the lower one being per forated to receive and form top-holding means for a skewer in a lower creel-plate, the margin of the perforation therein being bent or drawn outwardly from the plane of the plate to provide a smooth bearing for the skewer top.

S. The combination in a creel, of a doubleplate metallic creel-boai d, the lower of said plates being provided with perforations with their margins bent or drawn downwardly to form top-holders for lower skewers.

9. The combination in a metallic creel, of two plates, the lower of said plates being perforated to receive a skewer top and the upper of said plates serving to coverthe end of the skewer top. v

10. The combination in a metallic creel of a creel-plate having a chamber formed by an upwardly pressed or embossed portion and means for supporting a skewer with its top adapted to enter said chamber.

11. The combination in a metallic creel of a creel-plate formed with dome-shaped portions having sloped sides with means for supporting skewers with their tops within said domes.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two wit nesses.

HARRY G. lKiMnALL.

Vitnesses:

JOHN J. MGELHINNY, CLIFFORD I-I. KLos.

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